Hansen's disease presents a large public health problem throughout much of the world but it occurs infrequently in the United States. Only 8,501 cases have been reported since 1921 and 81 percent of these have been from just six states. Typical of many states, North Carolina has had only twenty-two case reports over this sixty-eight year period. We present two typical cases we have seen in the past year and briefly review some of the epidemiologic, clinical, and treatment aspects of the disease.
BT - Cutis C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2350979?dopt=Abstract DA - 1990 Jun IS - 6 J2 - Cutis LA - eng N2 -Hansen's disease presents a large public health problem throughout much of the world but it occurs infrequently in the United States. Only 8,501 cases have been reported since 1921 and 81 percent of these have been from just six states. Typical of many states, North Carolina has had only twenty-two case reports over this sixty-eight year period. We present two typical cases we have seen in the past year and briefly review some of the epidemiologic, clinical, and treatment aspects of the disease.
PY - 1990 SP - 427 EP - 34 T2 - Cutis TI - Hansen's disease (leprosy): the North Carolina experience. VL - 45 SN - 0011-4162 ER -